A head-on collision occurred on State Road 196 near Villacidro, heading towards Gonnosfanadiga. According to initial reports, the accident occurred around 8:15 a.m. when one of the two vehicles, a Fiat Iveco Daily box van, overturned and ended up off the road.
Two people were injured. The van driver, a forty-five-year-old man from Villacidro, suffered the worst injuries. He was rescued by emergency personnel who responded to the scene after the alarm was raised.
The man was then transported to Brotzu Hospital by air ambulance following facial trauma. His condition is serious but not life-threatening.
The driver of the other car, a Fiesta, a thirty-three-year-old, escaped with minor injuries.
